TheRobotDevil
Immortal
I was pissed when Arizona bragged Keller. But trading back and picking Mcleod was a great move. Shero is building the team in the model of the new NHL. Size and speed down the middle. Speed and goal scoring off the wings.Brown doesn't fit that system. May actually be a blessing Mcleod was the fastest skater in the draft. If you watch the clips his speed opens up ice. And es got great vision is a shifty playmaker.If his biggest knocks are he's too fast and is learning to slow down when he has too. And needs to work on his shot. Im thrilled he has all the things you cant teach and his flaws can be worked on in the devils system. Move Zacha to wing and pair them up and thats a hell of a combo imo . Catching up on their other picks nowi have to say watching the draft unfold it was the worst possible situation for the devils to be in. none of the top guys fell and no one stepped up and took any d like they were suppose to.
when keller went to the yotes at what? 6? you know we were toast.
devils sitting there with either brown or chychun as the "top" ones left. i was happy they moved back a spot figured when they took brown that the devils would take the best d man in the draft or next best d man i was surprised they drafted michael. i'm not a draft wiz or anything i couldn't tell any of these kids apart but after reading up on him and then seeing his clip above ^^^^ from a different website. it made total sense that this was who they were after all along. i am all for speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed give me speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed please! yeah there is talk he can't finish but you know what with those wheels he will create a ton of other opportunities.
i read he was the "safest" pick on the board and he will most definitely be an nhl player so how can you go wrong with that? well they project him to top out at a 2C but great with face-offs and a born leader i can't complain at all.
i wonder if jost was there when the devils went would they still have traded back? or would they have taken jost? my belief is that they wouldn't have this was the guy they wanted
i'm also giving all the trust in the world to the new scouting department. conte isn't even working in the nhl anymore if i am correct. goes to say something about how bad he had become even uncle fester wouldn't bring him up to toronto.